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It became Hong Kong's official symbol in 1965 and appeared on the flag of Hong Kong after the 1997 handover. Since Hong Kong produced a large number of films, pop songs, and soap operas to promote Cantonese culture, Hong Kong, and by extension the Hong Kong orchid, is widely held to be the symbol of modern Cantonese culture.
During the following century of British rule, Hong Kong grew into a hub of Cantonese culture and has remained as such since the handover in 1997. Today Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres and the Hong Kong dollar is the thirteenth most-traded currency in the world.
Cantonese people represent the largest group in Hong Kong.The definition usually includes people whose ancestral homes are in Yue Chinese speaking regions of Guangdong province, specifically the guangfu (廣府) region, although sometimes Sze Yap people, the Hakka people or Teochew people (Chiu Chow/Teochew) may be included. [1]
At Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant Spring Moon, an institution since 1986 housed within The Peninsula Hong Kong, one of the elegant dishes during a tour de force lunch may be a pan-fried cod ...
The culture of Hong Kong is primarily a mix of Chinese and Western influences, stemming from Lingnan Cantonese roots and later fusing with British culture due to British colonialism (Jyutping: Jyut 6 zeoi 6; Traditional Chinese: 粵英薈萃).
The Cantonese they speak is substantially different from the Hong Kong version considered standard. In China, people in many regions learn Mandarin in school while speaking another dialect at home.
Due to the popularity of Hong Kong popular culture, especially through drama series and popular music, Cantonese is widely understood by the Chinese in all parts of Malaysia, even though a large proportion of the Chinese Malaysian population is non-Cantonese. Television networks in Malaysia regularly broadcast Hong Kong television programmes in ...
Punti (Chinese: 本地; Jyutping: bun2 dei6; lit. 'locals') is a Cantonese endonym referring to the native Cantonese people of Guangdong and Guangxi.. In Hong Kong, Punti designates Weitou dialect-speaking locals in contrast to non-Weitou speakers such as Taishanese people, Hoklo people, Hakka people, and ethnic minorities such as the Zhuang people of Guangxi and the boat-dwelling Tanka people ...